A fuel tank fell off a lorry on the A50 Eastbound between A50 / Upper Normacot Road and A50 / A520 Sandon Road (Meir Tunnel Interchange) just before lunchtime, leading to more than a hundred litres of diesel spilling onto the carriageway.

The eastbound carriageway has been closed since as specialist cleaning vehicles and equipment, were brought in to remove the diesel.

Tonight police and Highways England have said the road will need to be resurfaced

It is unclear at this stage when the carriageway will reopen, with traffic data company INRIX reporting the eastbound A50 could remain closed until morning.